Mo and Thad getting love in the Blogger rankings

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The final edition of the MVP/ROY Blogger rankings is up at We Rite Goode.

After hosting Round 4, your favorite guido blogger took part to the final voting and contributed spreading the love for Thaddeus Young and Mo Cheeks so make sure to check it out.

Nice way to celebrate Sixers successes and this wonderful season, while we wait for game 2.

Well done guys !!!

UPDATE: in the second part of these last rankings, that includes the race for assigning the MVP award, you’ll find also Lou Williams, selected in a special category that We Rite Goode created for the occasion…. the page is wonderful, with graphics, sheets, smart ass comments etc, make sure not to miss it, really !! Thanks to We Rite Goode’s crew for the fantastic job.

Children and… dancers need Sixers fans’ help !!

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Guys, while we are waiting for the Bulls game, it’s time to make an effort for people who need our help.

1) The first is a serious one, I received this email and I’m pasting it here, hoping that:

a) it’s not a fake (it doesn’t look like, but you never know…also, living here in Italy it’s difficult for me to tell - UPDATE: it’s not a fake, continue reading)

b) it could help

“I am hitting the Sixers blog trail to try to find bidders for 4 club box tickets to the 4/9 Sixers v. Pistons game.  They were donated by Comcast to our organization for this charity event.  I’ve divided them up into pairs starting at $85 for a pair. 

Link number 1

Link number 2

We also have some Phillies memorabilia.  Signed baseballs from Jamie Moyer, Michael Bourn (now with Houston) and Gregg Dobbs.  Also a signed cap from Tom “Flash” Gordon.

Link number 3

We have these and many other exciting items for people to bid on at  www.ayudacc.org/auction. 

Please pass this info to your friends and readers.  Every dollar bid on these items benefits children and families in the Hunting Park neighborhood of North Philly. Thanks !”

Among the “memorabilia” you will find also an autographed Mo Cheeks jersey, check it. The mail is signed and I have all the contacts with the organization so in case somebody wants to check and/or have more details, feel free to email me at sixers4guidos [at] gmail.com.

2) The second ”effort” is surely more fun.

SIXERS DANCERS (insert drooling smiley here) ARE ANTICIPATING THE FUTURE RUN OF OUR TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS AND ALREADY REACHED THE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS in the NBA Dance Team Bracket !!!

Vote here to support really hot chicks the Sixers dancers vs the Magic and they will give us something back be thankful for our support !!!

Go Sixers, go Sixers dancers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**** COUGH **** If any of you girls will ever come to Italy please dial +39-010-37…

Blogger MVP/ROY ranking - Round 9

This time it was Ryan from Hornets 247 to collect and put together the votes from a panel of bloggers that included your resident guido.

So here is Round 9 of the rankings, make sure to check it also this time because Chris Paul finally made it to #1 !!!!

Here were my votes:

Showed balls, beat Bulls

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When Reggie Evans shoots 6/6 from the line, everything is possible.

Heart, balls, an unbelievable streak of free throws (+ a serious help from our opponent) gave Sixers an exciting 106-110 comeback win in Chicago (32-34, .484).

Down eighteen at the beginning of the fourth (88-70) the game seemed over.

This also because Bulls led it with pretty safe double digit margin for more than 36 minutes: it was + 17 in the second (54-37, capping a 11-0 run), + 18 in the third (70-52).

Deng and Sefolosha were killing us with jumpers and drives, while Sixers looked really bad: poor circulation, no defense, no fastbreak/transition points, and - of course - no outside shooting.

Blogger MVP/ROY rankings - Round 8

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The eighth edition of the Blogger MVP/ROY rankings is up at TWolves Blog.

College Wolf did an amazing job of collecting votes by a panel of bloggers and putting them together: I think this is the best edition of the rankings, definitely, so make sure to check it out.

Dude makes fun of me because, for the second consecutive time, my gay Outlook Express decided to f’k me up NOT to send my votes, God knows why.

In case you care, here they are:

Blogger MVP/ROY rankings - Round 7

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This time it was Tom from Celtics blog to collect and publish the votes from a panel of selected bloggers.

So here is the link to Round 7 of the rankings, enjoy !!!.

Unfortunately Tom didn’t allow Sixers bloggers to vote receive my votes, due to his spam filter blocking italians my mail, so this time the rankings, with my BS votes not counted, are reliable.

It’s the first time actually, since I messed up partecipated to all of the previous six rounds, and even hosted Round 4 in mid January, if you remember.

Round 8 will be up in two weeks, this time hopefully with my votes again !!!

Blogger MVP/ROY rankings - Round 6

This time it was Matt from Hardwood Paroxysm to collect the votes from a panel of selected bloggers, included myself, and published them, in a stylish way !!

So here you go with Round Six.

As you will see, rising Thaddeus Young (in the picture) got some love in the “Rookie of the year” ranking and this is no wonder, given his recent improvements and the fact that with him playing a starting role, Sixers are emerging in the East.

Just for the record my votes this time were as follows:

MVP

10 - Paul (33-15, #3 in the West with that roster and that bench, you can’t tell me that he’s NOT the perfect MOST VALUABLE PLAYER in the true sense of the word)
9 - Howard (stat wise he would be #1 IMO but his team is third in the East and this should affect his ranking a bit.. I assume the fact he ’s leading my fantasy team to an excellent season doesn’t qualify)
8 - LeBron James (you can call me crazy but after all these years in the league I came to the conclusion that he’s pretty good)
7 - Garnett 
6 -Nash (Suns are #1 in the West while I am tryping this, and this 34 y/o guy is leading them… can’t wait to watch him with O’ Neal, will Shaq try to wear Steve’s shorts?)
5 - Bryant
4 - Billups
3 - Nowitzki
2 - Deron Williams (turning back to the level of the beginning of the season. Now with Korver they have one more weapon, and it shows)
1 -Pierce (excellent all year and taking the load now, in KG’s absence, for NBA top team. Damn, I hate them)

My beloved Clippers

I always loved the Clippers.

I am a die hard Sixers fan, but I like the Clippers too. One could say: “Dude, it’s your problem…”. Well, probably it is.

So the question could be: how can a Sixers fan in Italy love the freaking Clippers? (I’ll skip the “How come a guy in Italy be a Sixers fan?” question, anyway if you are interested, here you find the reason)

Answers, in no particular order:

1) I always root for the underdog

2) I hate the Lakers 

3) I am a soccer fan

You don’t see the link between 2) and 3) , right?

Blogger MVP/ROY Rankings - Round 5

You perhaps remember that the first italian Sixers blog hosted Round 4 of the Blogger MVP/ROY rankings.

Well, two weeks passed since then, and it’s time for Round 5, hosted by PickaxeAndRoll.com, the SB nation Denver Nuggets blog (comments welcome there).

I took part to this round as well, of course to screw up the rankings with my european ignorance, and I think I did it, considering who is up there at #2 (LOL).

Thanks to Jeremy for collecting the votes and putting them together.

Just for the record here are MY rankings (10 and 5 are for the two top candidates) that I sent Sunday morning:

Blogger MVP/ROY rankings - Round 4

The first italian Sixers blog is proud to host the fourth round of the “Blogger MVP/ROY rankings”. 

The Brew Hoop crew had initially the idea to put together some of the best NBA blog(ger)s and ask them to vote who they think should be the MVP and the ROY of the season so far. A guido blogger was allowed too, just to show that americans are open minded and democratic: you know, US Government’s public relations tricks…

Anyway, results of the poll are published every two weeks, and this was the first round (Dec 3rd at Brew Hoop), while Clips Nation hosted the second (Dec 17th) and 3 Shades of blue did it with the third (Dec 31th).

Time for the fourth round, then. Voters were:

• Seth from Posting and toasting (Knicks blog)
• College Wolf from… College Wolf (Timberwolves blog)
• Ryan from Hornets 247 
• Ben from Third quarter collapse (Magic blog)
• David from 20 second timeout (NBA blog)
• Brett from Queen City hoops (Bobcats blog)
• Matt/Corndogg from Hardwood Paroxysm (NBA blog)
• Jeremy from PickaxeAndRoll.com (Nuggets blog)
• Guys from We rite goode (NBA blog)
• Frank & Alex from Brew Hoop (Bucks blog)
• ClipperSteve from ClipsNation (Clippers blog)
• Jim from Green Bandwagon (Celtics blog)
• Tom from Celtics blog
• Ricky from Sixers4guidos (yeah, the euro nerd that they let in…)

Votes were given from 10 (top) to 1 for the MVPs, and from 5 (top) to 1 for the rookies.

Here are the results of this round, with selected comments, the race was really tough and close, decided by few votes, like you can see looking at the differences bewteen the first four players. Enjoy !!